Planning Engineer

Planning Engineer Full-time State/Province: Riyadh Business Group: DCS Legal Entity: AECOM Arabia Business Line: B&P - Buildings & Places Work Location Model: On-Site Operating Group: International Primary Location: KSA - Riyadh, SA - The Business Gate Company Description Work with Us. Change the World. At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Planning Engineer to join our dynamic team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In this role, you will be responsible for developing, integrating, and monitoring comprehensive project schedules while providing strategic insights to ensure successful project delivery. You will work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, contractors, and stakeholders to identify schedule risks, track progress, and implement corrective measures that keep projects on track and within scope. This position offers an excellent opportunity to leverage your expertise in project planning and scheduling while contributing to significant infrastructure initiatives in a fast-paced, goal-oriented environment. Develop, maintain, and integrate master schedules covering all project phases including engineering, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover Review and validate contractor work breakdown structures and multi-level schedules (Level 1 through Level 4) for accuracy and completeness Establish and implement progress measurement methodologies aligned with project requirements, contractual milestones, and schedule of values Monitor critical and near-critical activities, identify emerging schedule risks, and provide early warning of potential deviations and resource constraints Prepare and analyze planned versus actual S-curves, resource histograms, look-ahead schedules, and milestone trackers for management review Review weekly, monthly, and three-month look-ahead schedules submitted by contractors and verify alignment with the integrated master schedule Verify reported physical progress through site records, documentation review, and coordination with field teams to ensure accuracy Analyze schedule slippage, delays, and performance trends; recommend corrective, recovery, and acceleration measures Support evaluation of extension-of-time claims through comprehensive delay-event chronology and schedule-impact analysis Track long-lead equipment procurement, manufacturing, dispatch, site receipt, and installation to ensure timely project delivery Integrate multiple project section schedules with interface requirements including technical, operational, and energization dependencies Maintain and update schedule-related assumptions, constraints, risk registers, and delay logs throughout the project lifecycle Prepare management dashboards, executive summaries, and detailed schedule narratives for periodic progress reports and stakeholder communications Support invoice certification and payment processing by verifying achievement of schedule-linked milestones and contractual requirements Collaborate with project teams to resolve scheduling conflicts and optimize resource allocation across project